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Gran Buenos Aires (Spanish: Greater Buenos Aires) is the metropolitan area around the city of Buenos Aires, which comprises the following 24 partidos (administrative subdivisions) of the Province of Buenos Aires. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... Buenos Aires (Good Airs in Spanish, originally meaning Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in Latin America. ... Categories: Argentine provinces | Buenos Aires province | Argentina geography stubs ...

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Urban sprawl, especially in the years 1940 to 1960, created a vast conurbation which had 9,270,661 inhabitants in 2001 (approximately 12,1 million when including Buenos Aires proper). Administrative subdivision (partido) in Buenos Aires, Argentina that includes the following towns: Adrogue, Burzaco, Glew and Longchamps. ... Avellaneda is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... Avellaneda is a city in eastern Argentina, a port in Buenos Aires Province, and capital of Avellaneda District. ... Florencio Varela is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... Ituzaingó is a city inside to Gran Buenos Aires belt in Argentina. ... Lanús is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... Lanús, city in eastern Argentina, in Buenos Aires Province, a suburb of the city of Buenos Aires. ... Lomas de Zamora is a partido (district) of Buenos Aires Province. ... Lomas de Zamora, city in eastern Argentina, in Buenos Aires Province, adjoining the city of Buenos Aires. ... Moreno is one of the 134 partidos (counties) of Buenos Aires Province in north-east Argentina. ... Quilmes is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... Quilmes is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... The train station at Tigre One of the many passenger boats that travel the delta View of the riverbank from a boat Tigre is a municipality situated in the northern zone of Greater Buenos Aires. ... Vicente López is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... Olivos is the capital of Vicente López Partido in the province of Buenos Aires, in Argentina. ... Munro is a city/neighborhood of the Vicente López Partido at northern Gran Buenos Aires, best known for its jeans and apparel stores and outlets. ... A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ...


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Buenos Aires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2635 words)
Buenos Aires ("Good Airs" in Spanish, originally meaning "Fair Winds") is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in Latin America.
Buenos Aires is located on the southern shore of the River Plate, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent, opposite Montevideo, Uruguay.
The population of Buenos Aires consists primarily of Argentines of Spanish and Italian descent.
MSN Encarta - Buenos Aires (city) (1464 words)
Buenos Aires is situated on the Río de la Plata, which is an immense estuary formed by the confluence of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers.
The core of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area is the City of Buenos Aires, a federal district and the nation’s capital.
Despite its immense population, Buenos Aires is surprisingly homogenous in its ethnic and racial composition.
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